Gina Trapani

Free up disk space on your Windows PC by disabling "hibernation," a power saving function.

Windows XP's hibernation feature saves all the information in your computer's memory to disk so that it can restore it in case you set the computer to hibernate. If you never use hibernate (only laptop users should), reclaim the space reserved for it like this:

Right-click on the desktop and click "Properties"

Hit the "Screen Saver" tab

Click the "Power" button under "Monitor Power"

Click the "Hibernation" tab, then uncheck the box next to "Enable Hibernation"